Waste bowl

engraved: front center of the body: "M. A. Benedict" in script
stamped: on the base: "N. J. BOGERT" in a rectangle

Description:

Silver waste bowl; inverted pear-shaped body with eleven wide concave flutes seated on a circular stepped foot with an applied, die-rolled trefoil band; convex shoulder raised to a tapered and flared rim with an applied, die-rolled trefoil band applied around the rim; engraved on the front center of the body, "M. A. Benedict;" maker's mark stamped on the base.

Credit Line:

Bequest of Miriam Jay Wurts Andrus

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